curricular shifts:

• 6 Curricular Shifts via NYengage.org  (see videos below explaining each shift)
• Shift 1: Balancing Informational  texts and Literature
• Shift 2: Building Knowledge in the Disciplines
• Shift 3: Staircase of Complexity
  
• Shift 4: Text-based Answers
• Shift 5: Writing From Sources
• Shift 6: Academic Language

close reading: 

• close reading
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critique of common core: 

• "Pushing Back on the Common Core" -- Thomas Newkirk provides 7 pages of healthy criticism of the common core and how they are being used
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new literacies and common core:

• New Literacies and Common Core - William Kist (2012) ASCD article
  

state-based resources:

Minnesota Academic Standards: English Language Arts K-12 2010

• Standards and related resources found of DOE website
• Common Core Appendices related to ELA Language Arts
• Appendix A: Information about complexity and rigor
• Appendix B. Text Exemplars
• Appendix C: Student writing samples
• Common Core Curriculum Maps: Provides integrated curriculum units that demonstrate best practices incorporating the Common Core Standards in grades K through 12.
• MWP and DOE Workshops

Wisconsin DPI Resources for Common Core State Standards --

assessment frameworks:

• PARCC

Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers. (2011). PARCC model content frameworks: English language arts/literacy grades 3–11. Retrieved from www.parcconline.org/sites/parcc/files/PARCCMCFELALiteracyAugust2012_FINAL.pdf